Call of Duty: Black Ops II

Sir Clive Sinclair watch – it’s the week in pictures

Where was Sir Clive Sinclair last weekend? He was at The Centre for Computing History in Cambridge, making an impromptu visit to their Sinclair Celebration Weekend Event. Albeit an impromptu visit with a few days notice. He was there with his brother Ian. More Sir Clive Sinclair Watch...

Saints Row IV is blessed indeed

After a bumper crop of new releases last week, it’s Saints Row IV that’s come out on top in the UK chart. Deep Silver and Koch Media plucked the publishing rights from THQ’s ashes, and it’s become the company’s third number one of the year; the only other...

Zombies are afraid of the light

The reign of the undead is at an end. Dead Island Riptide drops to #2 in this week’s UK chart. Koch Media’s Deep Silver label keeps the chart sewn up though: it’s replaced at #1 by its rather better critically received stable-mate, Metro: Last Light. FIFA 13 has...

Fire Emblem: Awakening arrives to a blaze of glory

Flaming Nora – Fire Emblem: Awakening on 3DS has been on the receiving end of some incredibly high review scores. The Metacritic currently stands at an impressive 91% from 31 critics, and not one of those reviews is below 80%. Eurogamer and Pocket Gamer both handed out 10/10s...

Happy Blopsmas

Yes yes, it’s Christmas Eve, but there’s still a chart to briefly glance at. In fact, more than that, there’s the Christmas chart to briefly glance at. So let’s glance. Briefly. Not only is Call of Duty: Black Ops II the Christmas number one, but it’s also the...

Call of Duty: Black Ops II â€“ Review

Back in 2010 a spokesperson for Activision said that Call of Duty is â€œthe closest thing this generation has to a Star Warsâ€. After scratching our heads for two years, weâ€™ve finally found a way in which Activisionâ€™s annual shooter can be compared to George Lucasâ€™ sci-fi saga....

Hitman can’t take care of COD

When a game manages to stay #1 in the UK chart despite an 81 percent drop in sales, you know it’s sold a lot of copies. Call of Duty: Black Ops II has, emphatically, sold a lot of copies. Hitman Absolution fails to take the top spot then,...

The price of a Wii U port

The headline for this article may sound like a rhetorical question, but it actually isnâ€™t. Ubisoft has revealed that the price of converting an already existing game to Wii U is around 1m Euro. Thatâ€™s a little over $1.2 million, and around Â£800k in real money. Considering that...